<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Janis,<div class="">welcome to our team on behalf of the ISPCP. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You know that the work ahead of us is most challenging and that our group holds diverse views on a variety of aspects, so it will not be easy for sure to chair our group.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But, what you will find is </div><div class="">- a group of extremely dedicated community members who are very friendly (most of the time I should add :-)) and</div><div class="">- probably the best staff support team in the world.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Your previous experiences will for sure prove extremely helpful for this task.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am looking forward to working with you and to making this collaborative effort a success.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">All the best,</div><div class="">Thomas Rickert</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Am 22.04.2019 um 18:11 schrieb Janis Karklins <<a href="mailto:karklinsj@gmail.com" class="">karklinsj@gmail.com</a>>:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Dear
Members of the EPDP Team,</span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 107%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" class="">As I assume
the duties of the Chair of the EPDP team of the second phase of the process, I
would like to thank the GNSO Council for placing trust in me and appointing me
to perform this important function. I also would like to pay tribute to the
EPDP Team for the work accomplished during the first phase and their dedication
to a task, which is far from trivial.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" class="">We have a daunting
task ahead, which is exacerbated by the ambiguity surrounding the precise outline
of implementation of the GDPR. We will be targeting a moving object as we
develop the most effective way forward. It won’t be simple, but extremely
interesting from a systemic point of view.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" class="">I hope that
my previous experience in handling diplomatic negotiations in different circles
at the UN as well as chairing the ICANN GAC from 2007 to 2010 will be beneficial
for the team in advancing our objectives.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" class="">I have been
with the Latvian diplomatic service for the past 27 years holding different
positions in bilateral and multilateral settings. From 2000 to 2007, I was
Latvian ambassador to the UN in Geneva and in that capacity was chosen to lead the
preparations of the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society
(WSIS) that culminated with the adoption of the Tunis Agenda, partly devoted to
global Internet governance issues. Since then my activities have been linked, directly
or indirectly, with ICANN, either chairing the GAC or engaging with ICANN in
different UN fora (Internet Governance Forum, WSIS Forum or UN Commission on Science
and Technology for Development). At the time of chairing the ICANN GAC, I was
involved in the development of the IDN Fast Track policy and opening of the GAC
meetings to the ICANN community.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" class="">I look
forward working with the team as well as ICANN supporting staff and rely on
team’s collective wisdom and desire to reach a successful outcome. As soon as all
members of the team will be announced, we will start our substantive activities.
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Thank you
in advance,</span></p>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class="">Janis Karklins</span> <br class=""></div>
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